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The Maths of Life and Death - Kit Yates - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Maths of Life and Death - Kit Yates - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"This is an exquisitely interesting book. It''s a deeply serious one too and, for those like me who have little maths, it''s delightfully readable" - IAN MCEWAN "Kit Yates is a natural storyteller. Through fascinating stories and examples, he shows how maths is the beating heart of so much of modern life. An exciting new voice in the world of science communication" - MARCUS DU SAUTOY "Used wisely, mathematics can save your life. Used unwisely, it can ruin it. A lucid and enthralling account of why maths matters in everyone''s life. A real eye-opener." - Prof Ian Stewart FRS, author of Do Dice Play God? __________ Maths is the story of the world around us, and the wisdom it gives us can be the difference between success and disaster. We are all doing maths all the time, from the way we communicate with each other to the way we travel, from how we work to how we relax. Many of us are aware of this. But few of us really appreciate the full power of maths - the extent to which its influence is not only in every office and every home, but also in every courtroom and hospital ward.In this eye-opening and extraordinary book, Yates explores the true stories of life-changing events in which the application - or misapplication - of mathematics has played a critical role: patients crippled by faulty genes and entrepreneurs bankrupted by faulty algorithms; innocent victims of miscarriages of justice and the unwitting victims of software glitches. We follow stories of investors who have lost fortunes and parents who have lost children, all because of mathematical misunderstandings.Along the way, Yates arms us with simple mathematical rules and tools that can help us make better decisions in our increasingly quantitative society. You will discover why it''s always sensible to question a statistic, often vital to ask for a second opinion and sometimes surprisingly handy to stick to the 37% rule...

DKK 127.00
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The Last House - R. G. Adams - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Last House - R. G. Adams - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''I''m completely hooked. Adams is a skilled and engaging writer'' Alex Marwood THREE GENERATIONS OF SECRETS Social worker Kit Goddard is convinced that Sandbeach Child Services have let an injured seventeen-year-old boy down, just like they''d done to her brother ten years earlier. Since the referral came in, it had been passed between departments, her own manager Georgia and colleague Tim brushing it off as a low risk, low priority case. But Kit can''t shake the feeling that something isn''t quite right. Scanning the referral, she notices that the house seventeen-year-old Dylan Meredith lives in with his ''weird'' mother had been described as decrepit. The anonymous caller said he was injured, frightened and afraid to tell the truth. As Kit begins to look deeper into the history of the family, she learns that Dylan''s grandmother had been an inpatient at Penlan psychiatric hospital and had died there in 2012. But as her colleague Tim had stressed, this was not a case for psychiatric services. In a bid to trace the anonymous caller for more information, Kit sets off to the small coastal town of Rock. Only to be confronted with the sense of strangeness that surrounds the Meredith family and the rumours that have troubled this small community for years. An intense psychological thriller, The Last House shows that the darkest secrets are hidden within the walls. But no matter how big you build them the truth will always find a way of breaking out.

DKK 182.00
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How to Expect the Unexpected - Kit Yates - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

How to Expect the Unexpected - Kit Yates - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023 ''Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman ''Absolutely fascinating'' James O''Brien ''An exceptional book - readable, funny and more needed than ever'' Dr Chris van Tulleken, bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People · Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball?· How can you be one hundred per cent sure you will win a bet?· Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting?· How do you prevent a nuclear war?Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we have been trying to make predictions about what''s in store for us. We do this on a personal level, so that we can get on with our lives efficiently (should I hang my laundry out to dry, or will it rain?). But we also have to predict on a much larger scale, often for the good of our broader society (how can we spot economic downturns or prevent terrorist attacks?). For just as long, we have been getting it wrong. From religious oracles to weather forecasters, and from politicians to economists, we are subjected to poor predictions all the time. Our job is to separate the good from the bad. Unfortunately, the foibles of our own biology - the biases that ultimately make us human - can let us down when it comes to making rational inferences about the world around us. And that can have disastrous consequences. How to Expect the Unexpected will teach you how and why predictions go wrong, help you to spot phony forecasts and give you a better chance of getting your own predictions correct.

DKK 239.00
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How to Expect the Unexpected - Kit Yates - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

How to Expect the Unexpected - Kit Yates - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023 ''Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman ''Absolutely fascinating'' James O''Brien ''An exceptional book - readable, funny and more needed than ever'' Dr Chris van Tulleken, bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People · Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball?· How can you be one hundred per cent sure you will win a bet?· Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting?· How do you prevent a nuclear war?Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we have been trying to make predictions about what''s in store for us. We do this on a personal level, so that we can get on with our lives efficiently (should I hang my laundry out to dry, or will it rain?). But we also have to predict on a much larger scale, often for the good of our broader society (how can we spot economic downturns or prevent terrorist attacks?). For just as long, we have been getting it wrong. From religious oracles to weather forecasters, and from politicians to economists, we are subjected to poor predictions all the time. Our job is to separate the good from the bad. Unfortunately, the foibles of our own biology - the biases that ultimately make us human - can let us down when it comes to making rational inferences about the world around us. And that can have disastrous consequences. How to Expect the Unexpected will teach you how and why predictions go wrong, help you to spot phony forecasts and give you a better chance of getting your own predictions correct.

DKK 178.00
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All the Hollow of the Sky - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

All the Hollow of the Sky - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Jedediah''s father walked out of his life forty years ago. Now he''s back. He won''t apologise, he doesn''t explain - and, impossibly, he hasn''t aged a day. If you asked the folks of Gyrford, they''d tell you Jedediah Smith looked up to his father. After all, Corbie Mackem was the Sarsen Shepherd: the man who saved the Smith clan from Ab, the terrifyingly well-meaning fey who blighted a whole generation with unwanted gifts. Corbie was a good fairy-smith. And if he wasn''t a good father, well, that isn''t something Jedediah likes to talk about. Especially since no one knows where Corbie''s body lies: the day of his son''s wedding, forty-odd years ago, he set off to travel and was never seen again.These days Jedediah is a respectable elder, more concerned with his wayward grandson John than with his long-buried past, and he has other problems on his mind. There''s the preparations for Saint Clement''s Day, and the odd fact that birds all over the county have taken to hiding themselves, and the misbehaviour of Left-Lop the pig - which has grown vegetation all over its back, escaped its farm and taken to making personal remarks at folks in alarmingly alliterative verse.But then disaster strikes. Ab is back. And Corbie, thought long dead, returns to Gyrford - younger than his son . . . "Prepare to be utterly enchanted!" Alison Littlewood, author of The Crow Garden

DKK 211.00
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In the Heart of Hidden Things - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the Heart of Hidden Things - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Everyone knows that if you fall afoul of the People, you must travel the miles to Gyrford, where uncounted generations of fairy-smiths have protected the county with cold iron, good counsel and unvarnished opinions about your common sense.But shielding the weak from the strong can make enemies. Ephraim Brady has money and power, and the bitter will to hurt those who cross him. And if he can''t touch elder farrier Jedediah Smith, he can harm those the Smiths care about. The Smiths care about Tobias Ware, born on a night when the blazing fey dog Black Hal roared past the Wares'' gate. Tobias doesn''t understand the language or laws of men, and he can''t keep away from the Bellame woods, where trespass is a hanging offence. If Toby is to survive, he needs protection. It should be a manageable job. Jedediah Smith has a head on his shoulders, and so too (mostly) does his son Matthew. Only Matthew''s son John has turned out a little . . . uncommon. But he means well. It wasn''t his fault the bramble bush put on a berry-head and started taking offence. Or that Tobias upset it. But John''s not yet learned that if you follow the things other folk don''t see, they might drag those you love into the path of ruin.

DKK 155.00
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In the Heart of Hidden Things - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the Heart of Hidden Things - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Everyone knows that if you fall afoul of the People, you must travel the miles to Gyrford, where uncounted generations of fairy-smiths have protected the county with cold iron, good counsel and unvarnished opinions about your common sense.But shielding the weak from the strong can make enemies. Ephraim Brady has money and power, and the bitter will to hurt those who cross him. And if he can''t touch elder farrier Jedediah Smith, he can harm those the Smiths care about. The Smiths care about Tobias Ware, born on a night when the blazing fey dog Black Hal roared past the Wares'' gate. Tobias doesn''t understand the language or laws of men, and he can''t keep away from the Bellame woods, where trespass is a hanging offence. If Toby is to survive, he needs protection. It should be a manageable job. Jedediah Smith has a head on his shoulders, and so too (mostly) does his son Matthew. Only Matthew''s son John has turned out a little . . . uncommon. But he means well. It wasn''t his fault the bramble bush put on a berry-head and started taking offence. Or that Tobias upset it. But John''s not yet learned that if you follow the things other folk don''t see, they might drag those you love into the path of ruin.

DKK 190.00
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In the Heart of Hidden Things - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the Heart of Hidden Things - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Everyone knows that if you fall afoul of the People, you must travel the miles to Gyrford, where uncounted generations of fairy-smiths have protected the county with cold iron, good counsel and unvarnished opinions about your common sense.But shielding the weak from the strong can make enemies. Ephraim Brady has money and power, and the bitter will to hurt those who cross him. And if he can''t touch elder farrier Jedediah Smith, he can harm those the Smiths care about. The Smiths care about Tobias Ware, born on a night when the blazing fey dog Black Hal roared past the Wares'' gate. Tobias doesn''t understand the language or laws of men, and he can''t keep away from the Bellame woods, where trespass is a hanging offence. If Toby is to survive, he needs protection. It should be a manageable job. Jedediah Smith has a head on his shoulders, and so too (mostly) does his son Matthew. Only Matthew''s son John has turned out a little . . . uncommon. But he means well. It wasn''t his fault the bramble bush put on a berry-head and started taking offence. Or that Tobias upset it. But John''s not yet learned that if you follow the things other folk don''t see, they might drag those you love into the path of ruin.

DKK 127.00
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All the Hollow of the Sky - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

All the Hollow of the Sky - Kit Whitfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Jedediah''s father walked out of his life forty years ago. Now he''s back. He won''t apologise, he doesn''t explain - and, impossibly, he hasn''t aged a day. If you asked the folks of Gyrford, they''d tell you Jedediah Smith looked up to his father. After all, Corbie Mackem was the Sarsen Shepherd: the man who saved the Smith clan from Ab, the terrifyingly well-meaning fey who blighted a whole generation with unwanted gifts. Corbie was a good fairy-smith. And if he wasn''t a good father, well, that isn''t something Jedediah likes to talk about. Especially since no one knows where Corbie''s body lies: the day of his son''s wedding, forty-odd years ago, he set off to travel and was never seen again.These days Jedediah is a respectable elder, more concerned with his wayward grandson John than with his long-buried past, and he has other problems on his mind. There''s the preparations for Saint Clement''s Day, and the odd fact that birds all over the county have taken to hiding themselves, and the misbehaviour of Left-Lop the pig - which has grown vegetation all over its back, escaped its farm and taken to making personal remarks at folks in alarmingly alliterative verse.But then disaster strikes. Ab is back. And Corbie, thought long dead, returns to Gyrford - younger than his son . . .

DKK 141.00
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The Envoy - Edward Wilson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Envoy - Edward Wilson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The brilliant opening novel of the Catesby series, by a former special forces officer and ''the thinking person''s John le Carre'' ''Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carré'' Irish Independent ''More George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers'' Publishers Weekly London, 1956. The height of the Cold War. On the face of it, Kit Fournier is a senior diplomat at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. But that''s not the full story. He is also CIA Chief of Station. With the nuclear arms race looming large, Kit goes undercover to meet with his KGB counterpart to pass on secret information about British spies. In a world where truth means deception and love means honey trap, sexual blackmail and personal betrayal are essential skills. As the H-bomb apocalypse hangs over London, Kit Fournier faces a crisis of the soul. The unveiling of his own dark personal secrets will prove more deadly than any of his coded dispatches. ''A glorious, seething broth of historical fact and old-fashioned spy story'' The Times ''A sophisticated, convincing novel that shows governments and their secret services as cynically exploitative and utterly ruthless'' Sunday Telegraph Praise for Edward Wilson: ''Stylistically sophisticated . . . Wilson knows how to hold the reader''s attention'' W.G. Sebald ''A reader is really privileged to come across something like this'' Alan Sillitoe

DKK 127.00
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Death Awaits in Durham - Helen Cox - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Death Awaits in Durham - Helen Cox - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A page-turning cosy mystery set in Durham, for fans of Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands. ''A 2020 Miss Marple'' Woman''s Way ********** When librarian and budding private investigator Kitt Hartley visits her ex-assistant Grace Edwards in Durham, she soon learns of an unsolved murder.A year ago Jodie Perkins, a Mechanics student, disappeared after her student-radio broadcast was cut short with a deafening scream. The police suspect Jodie was murdered although her body was never found.Keen to be on the front line of one of Kitt''s investigations, Grace convinces Kit to use her recent private investigator training to solve the mystery. Can Kitt and Grace uncover the truth?********** ''With eccentric characters and an intricate plot, this new series set in York is one to get your teeth into'' Candis

DKK 113.00
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare tells the story of the daring victories for this small force of 'freelance pirates', undertaking devastatingly effective missions against the Nazis, often dressed in enemy uniforms and with enemy kit, breaking all previously held rules of warfare. Master storyteller Damien Lewis brings the adventures of the secret unit to life, weaving together the stories of the soldiers' brotherhood in this compelling narrative, from the unit's earliest missions to the death of their leader just weeks before the end of the war.

DKK 127.00
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He: Shorter Writings of Franz Kafka (riverrun editions) - Franz Kafka - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

He: Shorter Writings of Franz Kafka (riverrun editions) - Franz Kafka - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Being asked to write about Kafka is like being asked to describe the Great Wall of China by someone who''s standing just next to it. The only honest thing to do is point.'' Joshua Cohen, from his preface to He: Shorter Writings of Franz Kafka This is a Kafka emergency kit, a congregation of the brief, the minor works that are actually major. Joshua Cohen has produced a frame that refuses distinctions between what is a story, a letter, a workplace memo and a diary entry, also including popular favourites like The Bucket Rider , The Penal Colony and The Burrow . Here we see Kafka''s preoccupations in writing about animals, messiah variations, food and exercise, each in his signature style. Cohen''s selection emphasises the stately structure of utterly coherent logic, within an utterly incoherent illogical world, showing how Kafka harnessed the humblest grammar to metamorphic power until the predominant effect ceases to be the presence of an unreliable narrator, but the absence of the universe''s only reliable narrator. Who is God.

DKK 127.00
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Churchill's Secret Warriors - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Churchill's Secret Warriors - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces'' operations - Daily Express In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain''s wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first ''deniable'' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death. Churchill''s Secret Warriors tells the story of the daring victories for this small force of ''freelance pirates'', undertaking devastatingly effective missions against the Nazis, often dressed in enemy uniforms and with enemy kit, breaking all previously held rules of warfare. Master storyteller Damien Lewis brings the adventures of the secret unit to life, weaving together the stories of the soldiers'' brotherhood in this compelling narrative, from the unit''s earliest missions to the death of their leader just weeks before the end of the war.

DKK 141.00
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Chronic Pain Reset - Afton L. Hassett - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Chronic Pain Reset - Afton L. Hassett - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''These effective, life-changing strategies have the potential to change your chronic pain experiences into something more hopeful...The essential information in this book can help you retrain your brain and reset the pain-brain connection'' MARIAN T. HANNAN, DSc, MPH, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and professor of epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health An indispensable guide to the key role your brain plays in processing chronic pain, and the small, simple actions that can make profound changes in how you experience it. Using the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy, you''ll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 days, from paced breathing and healthy sleep hacks to mindful walking and acts of kindness. The ones that work best will go into your Thriving Plan, a personalized pain-management tool kit that you design to help you lead a life with less pain, greater purpose, and more joy. Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it.

DKK 168.00
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Brixton Rock - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Brixton Rock - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"Pacy; witty; his characters are real and recognisable" LINTON KWESI JOHNSON "Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath" KIT DE WAAL "Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion" STEVE McQUEEN, director of Small Axe South London in the 1980s. Sixteen-year-old Brenton Brown is the mixed-race child of a mother he has never met. He's been living in a children's home all his life, and when he is unexpectedly reunited with his mother, Cynthia, his whole world seems poised to change. The best thing happens: Brenton has a family at last. And then the worst: Brenton falls in love with his beautiful half-sister, Juliet. As tensions brew in Brixton, Brenton finds himself embroiled in a violent feud with a killer. Vengeance seems like the only option as Brenton hurtles towards an explosive climax which will risk everything. Brixton Rock is the extraordinary debut of one of the UK's finest writers, a pitch-perfect depiction of South London life. "A triumph . . . This is a debut which confirms its author is a pro in prose" The Times

DKK 126.00
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Sufferah - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sufferah - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news "A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle''s compassion shines through the pain" Observer "Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception" JEFFREY BOAKYE In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse. Abandoned as a baby to the British care system, Alex grows up with no knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Later, he is inexorably drawn to reggae, his lifeline through disrupted teenage years, the challenges of living as a young Black man in 1980s Britain and his imprisonment for protesting against systemic racism and police brutality.Alex''s youth was portrayed in Oscar Award-winning director Steve McQueen''s Small Axe series. In Sufferah , he tells his own story, urgently, vividly and unsentimentally. His award-winning fiction - and this memoir - are a call to never give up hope. They remind us that words can be our sustenance, and music our heartbeat. "Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath" KIT DE WAAL "Alex Wheatle is an inspirer. He sheds light in dark places . . . He is a vital writer" LEMN SISSAY "Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion" STEVE McQUEEN, director of Small Axe

DKK 173.00
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Zero Six Bravo - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Zero Six Bravo - Damien Lewis - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. ''Sixty special forces against 100,000 - a feat of British arms to take the breath away'' Frederick Forsyth. They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on, the story of these sixty men can finally be told. In March 2003 M Squadron - an SBS unit with SAS embeds - was sent 1,000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible, to take the surrender of the 100,000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. From the very start their tasking earned the nickname ''Operation No Return''. Caught in a ferocious ambush by thousands of die-hard fanatics from Saddam Hussein''s Fedayeen, plus the awesome firepower of the 5th Corps'' heavy armour, and with eight of their vehicles bogged in Iraqi swamps, M Squadron launched a desperate bid to escape, inflicting massive damage on their enemies. Running low on fuel and ammunition, outnumbered, outmanoeuvred and outgunned, the elite operators destroyed sensitive kit and prepared for death or capture as the Iraqis closed their deadly trap. Zero Six Bravo recounts in vivid and compelling detail the most desperate battle fought by British and allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two. It is a classic account of elite soldiering that ranks with Bravo Two Zero and the very greatest Special Forces missions of our time.

DKK 127.00
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Sufferah - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sufferah - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news "A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle''s compassion shines through the pain" Observer "Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception" JEFFREY BOAKYE In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse. Abandoned as a baby to the British care system, Alex grows up with no knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Later, he is inexorably drawn to reggae, his lifeline through disrupted teenage years, the challenges of living as a young Black man in 1980s Britain and his imprisonment for protesting against systemic racism and police brutality.Alex''s youth was portrayed in Oscar Award-winning director Steve McQueen''s Small Axe series. In Sufferah , he tells his own story, urgently, vividly and unsentimentally. His award-winning fiction - and this memoir - are a call to never give up hope. They remind us that words can be our sustenance, and music our heartbeat. "Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath" KIT DE WAAL "Alex Wheatle is an inspirer. He sheds light in dark places . . . He is a vital writer" LEMN SISSAY "Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion" STEVE McQUEEN, director of Small Axe

DKK 126.00
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The Forager's Almanac - Danielle Gallacher - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Forager's Almanac - Danielle Gallacher - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Get in tune with the rhythms of nature with this month-by-month guide to foraging. Learn how to identify wild plants correctly, harvest them at their prime, and use them in delicious recipes and relaxing wildcrafting projects. Each plant is accompanied by photography to help with accurate identification. Gathering wild food summons us to become active participants in our environment, fostering a profound sense of connection to the natural world around us. At the heart of foraging lies an intricate understanding of the changing seasons, the landscape, and the delicate ecosystems that thrive within.Danielle Gallacher has been foraging for over 20 years, and in The Forager''s Almanac she shares her expertise on how to safely harvest our countryside''s edible bounties, and how to use them in your cooking - such as pickles, preserves, ciders and lemonades. Danielle also shares her top wildcrafting ideas, including resin firelighters, home remedies, salves and balms to sooth irritated skin.Fully illustrated throughout and divided into 12 months, you will find practical information on: - how to get started and what kit to bring- when and where to forage each plant, with photographs for accurate identification- medicinal and nutritional information for edible plants- imaginative recipes using wild foods- craft ideas for enjoying your harvest The Forager''s Almanac provides all the tools you need to live in greater harmony with the land throughout the seasons, year after year.

DKK 168.00
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Above Head Height - James Brown - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Above Head Height - James Brown - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''The Fever Pitch of five-a-side'' TONY PARSONSA must-have for anyone who has ever played and enjoyed amateur football. James Brown has been playing football since growing up in the backstreets of Leeds. The sudden death of one of his long-standing team mates made James ponder the unique bond between men who meet each other once a week for years, but don''t know any personal details beyond pitch prowess.Five-a-Side football is where you play the beautiful game for love, not money. You play it for life and you play it everywhere. Your kit is damp and your legs are a leopard''s back of bruises. Shirts are often tight around the belly, with your hero''s name plastered across your shoulder blades. The showers are too cold in winter and too hot in summer. Your used sports bag stays unpacked in the hall, and your water bottles are under the kitchen sink. The post-match warm down takes place in the pub. As does the match analysis. By contrast the warm up is non-existent. Your performance is patchy and maybe not what it used to be. But we all still think we played great. Five-a-Side is sporting Karaoke - a time and place to live out our dreams.This is a book for all of us - school mates, work colleagues, total strangers - bonded by the desire to blast one into the net from two feet away.

DKK 127.00
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This Book Will Make You Mindful - Jo Usmar - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This Book Will Make You Mindful - Jo Usmar - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Beat the blues with this pocket-sized guide to mindfulness and living in the moment.'' Stylist Live in the moment, make the most of today and feel happier and more fulfilled. We live increasingly busy lives and can struggle to cope with the pressure we''re put under by external factors and, most importantly, by ourselves. It''s very common to feel overwhelmed by all the responsibilities you have to juggle and feel that time is running away from you - that days, weeks, months and even years are passing in a blur. However, help is at hand. This compact and friendly book is a mindfulness starter kit, giving you everything you need to live in the moment and get the most from life. Dr Jessamy Hibberd and Jo Usmar use the latest mindfulness techniques to teach you how to stop worrying about the future and dwelling on the past so life - the life you''re actually living rather than the one you wish you were living or are planning to live soon - doesn''t pass you by. Learning how your mind works will enable you to cope with the bad things while fully appreciating the good things, making you more confident, content and productive day-to-day. Chapters include: Mindfulness-based Cognitive TherapyMind GamesDeactivating AutopilotThe Path of Most ResistanceLet It Be Praise for the This Book Will series: ''Top tips for making your life loads better. '' Cosmo ''The answer to all my problems.'' Katie Piper

DKK 117.00
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